Categories
Arapahoe Basin Aspen/Snowmass Beaver Creek Breckenridge Cooper Copper Mountain Crested Butte Echo Mountain Eldora Mountain Featured Howelsen Hill Keystone Loveland Ski Area Monarch Mountain Powderhorn Purgatory at Durango Steamboat Sunlight Mountain Telluride Vail Winter Park Wolf Creek

Colorado's 2010/2011 ski and snowboard season officially opens

Welcome to the 2010 ski and snowboard season in Colorado! Opening just days after the first resort to open* in North America, Loveland Ski Area has claimed the “first to open” title here in Colorado: Sunday, October 24, 2010. Following a day behind is, of course, Arapahoe Basin on Monday, October 25, 2010.

Loveland and A-Basin are fierce rivals in this yearly ritual, despite being considerably smaller than neighboring ski areas on the I-70 corridor or in bordering states. Other occasional entrants include Maine’s Sunday River — often the first East Coast area to open. Read More

Most locals are not surprised with Loveland opening first. Since 1999, it has opened first nine times versus A-Basin’s two (they tied in 2008).

Colorado ski and snowboard resort opening days

This year is looking fairly average with white stuff only appearing just weeks ago. That said, we have a bunch of opening dates here for you to help plan your season start:

  • Arapahoe Basin – October 25, 2010
  • Aspen Highlands – December 11
  • Aspen Mountain – November 25
  • Beaver Creek – November 24
  • Breckenridge – November 12
  • Buttermilk – December 11
  • Copper – November 5
  • Crested Butte – November 24
  • Echo Mountain – December 1
  • Eldora – November TBD
  • Howelsen – December TBD
  • Keystone – November 5
  • Loveland – October 24, 2010
  • Monarch – November 24
  • Powderhorn – December 16
  • Purgatory – November 25
  • Ski Cooper – December 17
  • Snowmass – November 25
  • SolVista – December 15
  • Steamboat – November 24
  • Sunlight – December 3
  • Telluride – November 25
  • Vail – November 19
  • Winter Park – November 17
  • Wolf Creek – November 5

Learn more at Colorado Ski Country and Vail Resorts.

One reply on “Colorado's 2010/2011 ski and snowboard season officially opens”

Leave a Reply to First hints of snow appearing at Colorado resorts - Colorado Snow Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.